Garment hanger



June 20, 1939. G w DEAR ET AL, 2,163,485

GARMENT HANGER Filed June 13, 1938 v Inventor 207 e/Zimr, fiofier .Z. 7/70/77 50/;

A ttorneys Patented June 20, 1939 PATENT OFFICE GARMENT HANGER George W. Dear and Robert L. Thompson, Troup, Tex.

Application June 13, 1938, Serial No. 213,528

2 Claims.

This invention relates to a garment hanger, the general object of the invention being to make the hanger foldable so that it can be placed through a small neck dress without unbuttoning the neck buttons after which it may be unfolded to support the dress and then when the dress is to be removed the device is folded and removed through the neck opening.

The folded hanger can also be packed and shipped in small containers and placed in small suitcases and the like.

Another object of the invention is to provide a removable pants holder for use with the hanger when the same is unfolded.

This invention also consists in certain other features of construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts to be hereinafter fully described, illustrated in the accompanying drawing and specifically pointed out in the appended claims.

In describing the invention in detail, reference will be had to the accompanying drawing wherein like characters denote like or corresponding parts throughout the several views, and in which:

Figure l is an elevation of the device showing the same in operative position in full lines and in folded position in dotted lines.

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2-2 of Figure 1.

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Figure 1.

In this drawing, the numeral I indicates a straight rod which has a hook 2 at its upper end and an eye or projection 3 at its lower end. The garment engaging part of the device is formed of twosections 4 and 5 which are preferably formed of the shape shown in Figure 1 so that each section has a vertical intermediate part 6 and a horizontal upper part, the upper part of section 4 being indicated at 20 and the upper part of section 5 is indicated at I. The lower portion of each section slopes or curves outwardly and downwardly and joins the straight bottom part 8. Each bottom part 8 has an eye 9 at its inner end for rotatably engaging the bottom part of the rod I and the part 'I of the member 5 has a sloping portion I joining one arm of a U- shaped part ID, the free limb of which is formed with an eye II through which passes the rod I. The part 29 of the section 4 is bent into an upstanding loop I2 from the inner limb of which extends a sloping part I3 terminating in an eye I4 which also receives the rod I. Upper and lower stops I5 are formed on the rod and the eyes II and I4 are arranged between these stops.

When the device is unfolded the part I of the section 5 is pressed upwardly over the loop I2 and then lowered to receive the loop between the limbs of the U-shaped part II], as shown in full lines in Figure 1, and in Figure 2. This 5 holds the two sections in alignment and the hanger in unfolded position ready to receive a garment. When the device is to be folded the part I of the section 5 is again raised over the loop I2 and then the section 4 is partly rotated and the loop I2 placed under the part i of the portion I which will hold the parts in folded position as shown in dotted lines in Figure 1. When the device is to be used for supporting trousers a trouser holder member I6 has its hooks I'I placed on the lower part 8 of the two sections 4 and 5 as shown in Figure 1. From the hooks H the wire forming the device l5 extends outwardly in opposite directions and are joined to the bottom part by a curved end part I8. Thus the 20 trousers can be placed on the bottom part with portions between the parts extending from the hooks so that the trousers cannot slide sidewise on the device.

It is thought from the foregoing description that the advantages and novel features of the invention will be readily apparent.

It is to be understood that changes may be made in the construction and in the combination and arrangement of the several parts provided that such changes fall within the scope of the appended claims.

Having described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A garment hanger of the class described comprising a vertically arranged suspension rod, a pair of sections each including upper and lower portions having eyes at their inner ends through which the rod passes, the upper part of one section having an upstanding part thereon adjacent the eye thereof and the upper part of the other section being extended beyond the rod and bent to form a horizontal U-shaped loop, with the eye of this upper part of the other section being formed at the end of the free limb of the loop, said loop receiving the upstanding part when the sections are unfolded, to hold the sections in unfolded position and said upstanding part being pressed under the upper part of the other section when the sections are folded, to hold said sections in folded position.

2. A garment hanger of the class described comprising a rod having a hook at its upper end, a pair of sections including a top part, a bottom part and a side part extending outwardly and downwardly from the top part to the bottom part, one top part being bent into U-shape to form a loop which extends beyond the rod and the free limb of the U-shaped part having an eye at its end through which the rod passes and said top having a slightly offset portion, the top part of the other section having an upstanding loop therein and an eye at its inner end through which the rod passes, the last-mentioned eye being located below the first-mentioned eye the bottom parts of the sections having eyes at their inner ends through which the rod passes and upper and lower stops on the rod between which the upper eyes are arranged the upstanding loop passing through the U-shaped loop when the sections are unfolded to hold the sections in unfolded position and said upstanding loop being forced under the o-fiset portion of the other section, when the sections are folded to hold said sections in folded position.

GEORGE W. DEAR.

ROBERT L. THOMPSON. 

